Just a blurb but gives some hope.

http://www2.journalnow.com/sports/2012/j...r-2355810/

...There also has been recent talk of the possibility of the Western Athletic Conference — down to two football-playing members as result of recent conference-membership shuffling — expanding eastward to take in some FCS members trying to move to the FBS.

Cobb said that ASU has been involved in a number of conversations, and is open to possibilities that might occur in continuing restructuring of individual conferences.

"If you look at the FBS — Conference USA, what the Sun Belt might do and the Mid-American Conference is one that has had conversations about possible expansion — and then the WAC (with two football members remaining) has something of value in that it is an FBS league," Cobb said.

"There are a lot of different conversations involving a lot of different scenarios and I don't think any of them have really fleshed themselves out and risen to the level to where a number of interested schools can say there is a solution.… It still needs to evolve."

(06-14-2012 10:05 AM)tarmack Wrote:  Just a blurb but gives some hope.

http://www2.journalnow.com/sports/2012/j...r-2355810/

...There also has been recent talk of the possibility of the Western Athletic Conference — down to two football-playing members as result of recent conference-membership shuffling — expanding eastward to take in some FCS members trying to move to the FBS.

Cobb said that ASU has been involved in a number of conversations, and is open to possibilities that might occur in continuing restructuring of individual conferences.

"If you look at the FBS — Conference USA, what the Sun Belt might do and the Mid-American Conference is one that has had conversations about possible expansion — and then the WAC (with two football members remaining) has something of value in that it is an FBS league," Cobb said.

"There are a lot of different conversations involving a lot of different scenarios and I don't think any of them have really fleshed themselves out and risen to the level to where a number of interested schools can say there is a solution.… It still needs to evolve."

Nothing we did not already know.

DENVER – At its annual meeting this past week, the Western Athletic Conference Board of Directors approved several sports-related issues. The Board also discussed conference realignment opportunities and the nation’s changing landscape.

“The WAC Board of Directors continues to aggressively evaluate membership options,” WAC Interim Commissioner Jeff Hurd said. “We remain confident in the league’s future and will continue to survey and discuss several options.”



http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbm...=205438836

It sounds like the basketball schools want the WAC to be a non-football while the football schools want the conference to sponsor football. Since they can't agree, they will be deadlocked until it's too late. A conference in such a desperate position shouldn't be moving this slow.

Idaho and New Mexico State should just leave for the Big Sky and leave the WAC for the basketball schools.

(06-16-2012 11:22 PM)David Krysakowski Wrote:  Idaho and New Mexico State should just leave for the Big Sky and leave the WAC for the basketball schools.

Why on earth would NMSU go to the Big Sky? Idaho may end up there as they don't bring much for any conference, but NMSU will find a home somewhere. They can go Independent in football for a few years if need be.

NMSU to the Big Sky would be bad for everyone involved - the Southland would be much closer geographically.

Don't know why they would want to go to the Southland either.